More stellar Greek mythology books!

[@christinak5452]

Hahaha you have such a way with words. "He's given a sword and off he fucks" lol 😂

[@CestKevvie]

You really need to read Women and Other Monsters by Jess Zimmermann. It's a nonfiction analysis of the women monsters from classic mythology and how they have impacted the way women are treated today.

[@WillowTalksBooks]

Oh hell yes, thank you for this amazing recommendation!!

[@MyLocsareREAL]

I just DiSCOVERED Your channel and I’m really not meaning too sound hyperbolic 🤷🏾‍♀️…. But I’m ENTHRALLED💕… I love the way you’re explaining the synopsis of “Stone Blind” and I will definitely be purchasing it📖…📚

[@WillowTalksBooks]

Omg thank you so much! 💜

[@lindysmagpiereads]

Saint’s Elektra caught my attention because I attended a fantastic performance of Strauss’ opera Elektra a few years ago. Thanks for reminding me to move it up my TBR. And Natalie Haynes’ book about Medusa too-I’ve only read her Pandora’s Jar so far, but it was definitely moreish.

[@angelaholmes8888]

Definitely will be reading stone blind and elektra

[@angelaholmes8888]

Just finished stone blind I really enjoyed it 😊

[@sweetkarolines]

You may not believe me but, I have both of these books on my shelf and have been trying to decided which to read first after I finish my current read! I still don't know! LOL Thank you for your thoughtful synopsis.

[@WillowTalksBooks]

Aw yay! I’d say got for Elektra first because Stone Blind is a bit more “literary” but it’s your call!

[@Illjwamh]

More for my list! Also Atalanta, which you mentioned at the end; I could not be more excited for that. Poor Clytemnestra. When your husband is Agamemnon and your sister is Helen, you're pretty much destined to be overlooked, aren't you?

[@WillowTalksBooks]

Haha yup

[@frankylennonlin]

Thank you, Willow!

[@vitoriar8753]

2023 is the year i finally participate in the mythology mania hehe can't wait

[@melenatorr]

I would argue that neither Clytemnestra nor Electra have been overlooked: Clytemnestra figures greatly in the Oresteia, and Electra is the catalyst for the second play in that trilogy; Margaret George and others have written novels with Helen and Clytemnestra at center stage, looking at their sibling relationship; and in 1977, a very interesting movie came out: "Iphigenia", with Irene Pappas as Clytemnestra. I might agree about Cassandra, who's often used more often as a reference or an object than like a character in her own right.

[@WillowTalksBooks]

ok

[@Nixx0912]

I always felt Medusa was done dirty, as were most women in Greek mythology punished for wrongdoings of men.

[@speedwagon1824]

Medusa was originally just a monster, Ovid made up the part about her being a priestess and everything.

[@paull9115]

Willow. Brilliant as ever. So so interesting.

[@WillowTalksBooks]

Thank you!

[@AbsurdExistentialist]

I'm visiting Santorini right now and I came across Elektra, with the cover art I prefer! Gonna buy it before I leave

[@lalalallalalaala]

please read clytemnestra by costanza casati! it made clytemnestra my favorite character from greek mythology and i wish i could read it again for the first time 😭

[@WillowTalksBooks]

I did a review :)

[@etayrwen]

I'm super excited to read these two books! Have you read Medusa by Rosie Hewlett? I purchased it on a whim a year or so ago and I really enjoyed it, highly recommend it as it's a feminist take on the story which I found fascinating.

[@Nixx0912]

From not mythological retelings I would like to have an orgin story of Milady de Winter.

[@WillowTalksBooks]

Oh that would be great!

[@Nixx0912]

@@WillowTalksBooks we'll be getting "Morgane Pendragon" on the 18th. I'm really waiting for this one. It is written by a male author Jean-Laurent Del Soccoro, but after "Boudicca" I'm confident he can write pretty well from a female perspective. I wish French authors got some attention outside the country, before learning the language and moving here I didn't known how developed and well loved the fantastic genres are here, and how many talented writers never got translated.

[@lvriend]

Is Iphigenia a character in Elektra?

[@WillowTalksBooks]

Yup

[@darcysnovella]

Have you read Medusa by Jessie Burton? It is utterly *beautiful*. Xx

[@WillowTalksBooks]

I didn’t know she’d written one! Thanks for letting me know

[@rachel1021]

I like hearing you say 'bellend' 😆

[@WillowTalksBooks]

Hahaha thanks. It’s a wonderful word

[@barbaracarr17]

@@WillowTalksBooks I had to look it up. Good to know. And good to expand out of the usual Yiddish tool vox

[@ariannefowler455]

I love Greek mythology and it's a goal of mine to read some of these feminist retellings in 2023. There are so many out right now, I'm not sure which one to start with.

[@WillowTalksBooks]

The Silence of the Girls remains my favourite and is a great place to start :)

[@speedwagon1824]

It's much better to read scholarly translations of primary sources if one wants to read mythology of any ancient religion.

[@WillowTalksBooks]

Please tell me you pushed your glasses way up before you typed “one”